NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW67F0551
Aircraft involved
Historical record (pre-1982)
NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.
Aircraft
CESSNA 206 · N5131U
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
POUNDS
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
210° / 8 kt
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Total time
446 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
167
Age
52
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TOO STIFF. PLT FORCED ACFT ON GROUND.
Investigator remarks
THROTTLE WOULD NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. RETURN SPRING
Cause factors
- 64/C/46 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
- 88/K/94 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
- 74/L/I0 L POWERPLANT THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES
- 88/L/BA L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS BINDING
Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
3 1085.
Source file
NTSB_1967_3_1085.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
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- NASA NTRS 2010 · Abstract
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